911 Caller in N.Y. Wrong-Way Crash: 'The Kids Are Bleeding'

MyFOX New York obtained a 911 call made immediately after the horrific July wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway near New York City that left eight dead, including four children.

Motorists frantically dialed for emergency response after Long Island mother Diane Schuler, 36, drove down the wrong side of the highway and slammed head-on into an SUV. Autopsy and toxicology reports confirmed that Schuler was drunk and high on marijuana at the time.

In the recording, a panicked motorist tries to tell the operator where the crash happened before a second person takes the phone and confirms, "Yeah, there's a whole bunch of kids. Honestly the car is smashed... It's really bad. The kids are bleeding."

Schuler's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the July 26 wreck and she still had undigested alcohol in her stomach, police said. Blood tests also showed she had smoked marijuana 15 minutes to an hour before the crash.

The fiery head-on crash, about 35 miles northwest of New York City, killed Schuler, her 2-year-old daughter, three young nieces and three men in the SUV. Schuler's 5-year-old son survived. Investigators said Schuler had been driving erratically on other suburban roads before hitting the Taconic Parkway.

A broken, 1.75-liter bottle of Absolut vodka was found in the wrecked minivan.

Six drivers called 911 before the collision, which happened after Schuler drove 1.7 miles south in the parkway's northbound lane.